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US diplomats have looked to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to brief them on the George Floyd protests, but are not hearing back.Diplomats and staffers told CNN and Politico they are left to field tough questions from foreign officials without direction from Pompeo.Pompeo expressed condolences to Floyd's family on Fox News on May 31, but…

The flagship store of Full Circle and Café Turtle in Delhi’s famous Khan Market has finally decided to pull down its shutters, after having made a loving home there for over 20 years. It was a particularly difficult decision for us to make, since running the bookshop was not a mere business for my family,…

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The remote-sensing firm Planet operates more than one hundred satellites that constantly orbit the earth, collecting imagery of the world’s entire landmass each day. Now, to offer more clarity to its customers, it has flown a handful of its satellites 50 km closer to the Earth.This literal zoom-in effort will allow the firm to offer…

ALISON BEARD:  Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review.  I’m Alison Beard. Over the past few weeks in the United States massive protests over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans at the hands of police have thrown a huge spotlight on an issue the country has been struggling with since…

In August 2019, President Donald Trump asked senior Homeland Security and national security officials to look into using nuclear bombs to "stop hurricanes from hitting the US," Axios reported.After the Axios report, Trump denied ever making those claims.Now, a congresswoman has introduced a bill that would prohibit the president from using nukes on hurricanes. Rep.…

In February 2016, when Boris Johnson was still mayor of London, he wrote in The Telegraph newspaper that if the UK voted to leave the European Union, its government would be embroiled “for several years in a fiddly process of negotiating new arrangements” on trade and business with other countries. As prime minister, Johnson has…

Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. We may receive a small commission from our partners, like American Express, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective.The racial wealth gap in America is very real. As a black woman, my parents have…

While the ratio determines the extent to which the government is able to finance its expenditure, it is also an indicator of tax compliance TopicsGDP ratio | tax treaty | GDP report Dilasha Seth  |  New Delhi  Last Updated at June 8, 2020 22:19 IST India’s tax-to-GDP ratio slid further in FY20 to a 10-year low of 9.88 per…

The Donald Trump administration’s planned measures to help American graduates find jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic may backfire in the long term.Over the past couple of months, the US government has proposed several restrictions on foreign skilled workers, which it believes will open up opportunities for locals. However, a recent University of California San Diego…